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Play Rage Online
Lackey available for all Windows and Mac: http://lackeyccg.com/
Rage plugin (extract to lackey folder/plugins): http://www.werepenguin.com/rage/lackey/RageLackey.rar
(Note: even if you install it this way, you will need to use AutoUpdate to get the latest version. See B.)
Instruction on how to be alerted when someone wants to play online
__A. Install Lackey__
Lackey is available from the Downloads section of Lackey ( http://lackeyccg.com ). Is is currently available for Windows and Macs.
You may need to create your own shortcut to run Lackey from your normal location (on Windows, the file is at c:\program files\lackeyccg\lackeyCCG.exe)
__B. Download Rage__
i) Run Lackey.
ii) At the bottom Preferences > Plugin, look for AutoUpdate
iii) In the box next to "Update from URL", type or paste either:
http://www.werepenguin.com/rage/lackey/low/updatelist.txt
http://www.werepenguin.com/rage/lackey/high/updatelist.txt
(The second uses massive images. A Medium version is planned.)
iv) Click "Update from URL"
v) Wait (the last file is rather large)
vi) When it's complete, restart Lackey.
vii) At the top of Preferences > Plugin, click "Browse" next to "Load
Plugin". Choose Rage, then click "Load Plugin".
__C. Download images__
Images will either:
i) start downloading when you look at cards in the Deck Builder. This may slow you down to begin with, and you may not see the cards you are
browsing for a long time.
ii) Back in Preferences > Plugin, click on "Download all missing card images".
iii) Most of the images are available in the following rar files (as well as in the large rar file linked above). Extract them into the ~/LackeyCCG/plugins/Rage/sets/setimages folder.
__D. Tips for Lackey__
i) Preferences. Note: when you have changed an option, remember to click "Save Preferences". This will take you to the Game tab.
a) Player Profile: Put your choice of name here. Duplicates are allowed. If you want to use your own avatar, I suggest putting it in the LackeyCCG > images > avatars folder on your computer, and using Browse here to find it.
b) Appearance: Tick "Show card counters as numbers". Most of the time, "Lock window resizing bars" should be ticked.
c) Gameplay: There are a limited number of options you can assign to F keys, and it's probably not worth changing the defaults. However, if you have any suggestions on additional options for moving cards about I can try to add them (there isn't that much flexibility).
d) Chat: I have included a defaultchat file for Rage. You can change these quick-chat options (you can click on them in the Game tab). There is no way to /draw4combat (for example) at present.
ii) Deck Editor
You have three parts of each deck to fill, Sept, Combat and Characters
a) The big warning is this: add all starting cards to the Characters section. This includes the crinos forms of your characters. There are no double-sided cards in Lackey, so you'll have to swap them around when a character flips over.
b) To add a card to the deck, double click it, or select and use the +1 button at the bottom. You can remove cards from the deck the same way. It can take a while to get use to the slight lag.
c) Make use of the Filters on the left hand side. Note that, like on CCG Workshop, most of the obscure keywords are not searchable (although most of these are searchable in the text search). Also as before, the keyword box includes both requirements and actual keywords. Finally, searching for 'other' in keyword will bring up those often elusive cards which don't have keywords or requirements.
d) Tick 'text' above the filter to overwrite the card details on top of the card image. Useful for checking Errata (or those cards with a lot of text). This option is also available on the Game tab.
e) Make sure you type a name for your deck and save it.
f) open older decks by using the drop-down "recent decks" menu, or click Browse to find one you haven't used recently.
iii) Testing a deck
a) Solitaire mode: While the Game tab says "Game: solitare", you are just playing by yourself. You can load a deck to Bot too, and double click on its icon to play as Bot.
b) The menus can be slightly counter-intuitive: don't click until the final option you want is highlighted, or it will close the menu -
for submenus, hover the mouse until the submenu opens.
c) Right-click on your player area on the left > Load recent deck > [deckname].
- Decks you haven't opened recently you will need to open with Browse in the Deck Editor first.
d) Click on Characters on the right or along the bottom. You can then drag your starting pack into play.
e) Use DrawSept and DrawCombat (F1 and F2) to fill your sept and combat hands. There is no automatic way to fill to hand size. Note:
"Hand", "Deck" and "Discard" refer to sept piles/hands.
e) There are two hand/deck viewing places (right and bottom). I would suggest using the bottom one for combat cards and the right for sept cards and deck manipulation. You can right-click on piles for more options.
f) Right-click on cards for options (including flip). You can also drag them into piles (right or bottom). These options including manually setting stats, and for marking creatures as in the Umbra (a purple 1, top left).
g) Ctrl+click to turn a card face down. Drag+ctrl to flip the card as you play it. Note that card backs are all combat backs since we are
only allowed one back.
h) You can zoom the play area in and out using a mouse scroll wheel. Use the middle button to mark the play area (click, or click and drag); Escape clears all markings. Similar options exist for Macs.
i) Use the buttons on the left to change phase or turn. Ctrl+ left/right changes the turn. Ctrl+ Up/down progresses the phase.
j) Main Menu > New Game clears everything.
k) The game saves automatically at the beginning of every turn (load using Autosave 1).
iv) Playing a game
a) In the server tab, click "Refresh Server List from Tracker".
b) To initiate a game, click "Host a game". ALWAYS tick "Use proxy server". Set number of seats, and you can change the name of the game.
Ignore the rest. Press "host" to affirm.
c) Join a game with spare seats by selecting the game and then "Join selected game".
d) To close a game, use the [X] in the Game window.
e) For multiplayer: don't put any cards into play before all players are present. Otherwise players arriving later may not get a player area.
f) For multiplayer: we have noticed that autosaves are not reliable in multiplayer. It is suggested that you save often.
g) If a game glitches (typically the deck stats disappear from a player's player area):
- do not save: the saved game will not include the glitched player.
- close the game and rehost (same host as original game or the decks will be swapped round)
h) If you think someone has dropped, check the lobby (they will drop from there before the game);
if you think you have dropped, there isn't an easy way to check unfortunately. However you can start a second instance of Lackey. |
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